Supreme Court Docket

Fall 2013

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice

Barbara A. Madsen

Justice

Charles W. Johnson

Justice

Susan Owens

Justice

Mary E. Fairhurst

Justice

James M. Johnson

Justice

Debra L. Stephens

Justice

Charlie Wiggins

Justice

Steven C. González

Justice

Sheryl Gordon McCloud


Appointive Officers of the Supreme Court

Clerk

Ronald R. Carpenter

Acting Court Commissioner

Wally Burton

Reporter

Richard Neidhardt

Administrator for the Courts

Callie Dietz

State Law Librarian

Kay Newman

Bailiff

Tim Schiewe


Order

Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6, the Justices of the Supreme Court are assigned to the Departments of the Court Calendars as indicated below:

Department One
Chief Justice Barbara A. Madsen
    Justice Charles W. Johnson       Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Debra Stephens       Justice Steven C. González
   

Department Two

Chief Justice Barbara A. Madsen
    Justice Susan Owens       Justice James M. Johnson
    Justice Charlie Wiggins       Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud


Notice to Attorneys

Regular Sessions of the Court begin in January (Winter), May (Spring), and September (Fall) of each year.

Cases set for the mornings are subject to call at 9:00 a.m.  Those set in the afternoon are subject to call at 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

The Court will sometimes take a short recess following the first case in the morning and the first case in the afternoon.

Motion days in the 2013 Fall Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

September 3, 2013
October 1, 2013
November 5, 2013
December 10, 2013

Settings will not be altered or vacated by the Chief Justice except upon a showing of unavoidable cause.

As provided in RCW 2.32.070, counsel of record and criminal defendants shall be supplied a copy of opinion without charge.


The titles of the cases listed in this docket are not the official titles for purposes of opinions.

Oral Argument Dates


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 10, 2013

THREE CASES ONLY - TWO IN A.M. - ONE IN P.M.

85410-6 (C/A 63016-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON THE COMPARABILITY ISSUE

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
ERICK DESHUM JORDAN,
               Petitioner.

Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  Donna Wise

Susan Wilk
 Gregory Link

88021-2 (C/A 42329-4-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

ROBIN EUBANKS and ERIN GRAY,
          Respondents,
     v.

KLICKITAT COUNTY, KLICKITAT COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
               Defendants,
DAVID BROWN, individually and on behalf of his marital community,
               Petitioner.

Philip Talmadge
 Emmelyn Hart
Thomas Boothe

Francis Floyd

Michael McFarland, Jr.



1:30 P.M.

88140-5 (C/A 29532-0-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY AS TO THE ISSUES REGARDING FORFEITURE, PROHIBITION AND RESTITUTION

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
PAMELA D. DESKINS,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Timothy Rasmussen
  Pamela Loginsky

Casey Grannis


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 12, 2013

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

88207-0 (C/A 39883-4-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
DAVID JOEL GOWER,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Mark Lindquist
  Brian Wasankari

Rebecca Wold Bouchey

88234-7 (C/A 66556-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
MARIO HUMPHRIES,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  Ann Summers

Oliver Davis


1:30 P.M.

88422-6 (C/A 66708-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
JORGE PENA FUENTES,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  Brian McDonald

Richard Hansen
PRO TEM: KORSMO, J.P.T. GORDON McCLOUD, J. RECUSED


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 17, 2013

88165-1 (C/A 30381-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
BOTH PETITIONS FOR REVIEW ARE GRANTED

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

ELLENSBURG CEMENT PRODUCTS, INC.,
          Respondent,
     v.
KITTITAS COUNTY and HOMER L. (LOUIE) GIBSON,
          Petitioners,

JAMES and DEANNA HAMILTON, and LARRY and SHERRIE MILLER,
          Defendants.
Michael Murphy
  William Crittenden

Hon. George Zempel
  Neil Caulkins
James Carmody

88020-4 (C/A 65836-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
PHILLIP BARRARA GARCIA, JR.,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Richard Weyrich
  Erik Pedersen

Nancy Collins

1:30 P.M.

86234-6 (C/A 38337-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON RIGHT TO TRIAL & CLOSED HEARING ISSUES

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re the Detention of

CLINTON MORGAN,
          Petitioner.

 

Susan Wilk

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Anne Egeler
  Brooke Burbank

88270-3 (C/A 67313-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
K.L.B.,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  Bridgette Maryman

Lila Silverstein


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 19, 2013

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

88083-2 (C/A 39750-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
WILLIAM JOHN KIPP, JR.,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Russell Hauge
  Jeremy Morris

Alton Mcfadden, II

88111-1 (C/A 30003-0-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
     v.
BLAYNE JEFFREY COLEY,
          Respondent.
Hon. Derek Angus Lee
  Carole Highland

David Donnan
  Gregory Link


1:30 P.M.

88267-3 (67314-9-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
ABRAHAM MACDICKEN,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Mark Roe
  Mary Kathleen Webber

Thomas Kummerow


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 8, 2013

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

88132-4 (C/A 29741-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
INTERVENOR'S PETITION FOR REVIEW ALSO GRANTED

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

LK OPERATING, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company,
         Petitioner,
     v.
THE COLLECTION GROUP, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company, and BRIAN FAIR and SHIRLEY FAIR, husband and wife, and their marital community composed thereof,
          Respondents,

LESLIE ALAN POWERS and PATRICIA POWERS, husband and wife, and KEITH THERRIEN and MARSHA THERRIEN, husband and wife,
          Petitioners/Intervenors.
James Perkins


Ronald Trompeter
Catherine Wright Smith
Steven Lacy

Philip Talmadge
  Sidney Tribe

88846-9 (Chelan 07-2-00652-9)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

LK OPERATING, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company,
         Plaintiff,
    v.
THE COLLECTION GROUP, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Company; and BRIAN FAIR and SHIRLEY FAIR, husband and wife; and the marital community composed thereof,
         Appellants.
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BRIAN FAIR and SHIRLEY FAIR and the marital community composed thereof,
         Appellants,
    v.
LESLIE ALAN POWERS and PATRICIA POWERS, husband and wife; and KEITH THERRIEN and MARSHA THERRIEN, husband and wife,
         Respondents/Cross-Appellants.



Steven Craig Lacy
  Stewart Robert Smith
Catherine Wright Smith
  Howard Goodfriend

Steven Craig Lacy
  Stewart Robert Smith
Catherine Wright Smith
  Howard Goodfriend

Bradley S. Keller
  Joshua Bacon Selig
Philip Albert Talmadge
  Sidney Charlotte Tribe


1:30 P.M.

88215-1 (C/A 67176-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

LAWRENCE JAMETSKY,
         Petitioner,
     v.
RODNEY A. OLSEN, MATHEW FLYNN, and MICHAEL HABER,
          Respondents.
David Leen


Scott Scher
  Aaron Okrent


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 15, 2013

85306-1 (C/A 28185-0-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON THE PUBLIC TRIAL ISSUE

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
ANTHONY DAVID KOSS,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Steven Tucker
  Mark Lindsey
  Andrew Metts, III
Douglas Phelps

85809-8 (C/A 38868-5-II)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON THE PUBLIC TRIAL ISSUE

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
WILLIAM GLEN SMITH,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Susan Baur
  James Smith

Eric Nielsen
  Casey Grannis


1:30 P.M.

88045-0 (C/A 41388-4-II consolidated w/42187-9-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re the ESTATE OF ETSUKO FUTAGI TOLAND,
         Deceased.

BRYCE H. HILLE, as personal representative of the ESTATE OF ETSUKO FUTAGI TOLAND,
          Petitioner,
     v.
PETER PAUL TOLAND, JR.,
          Respondent.
Judy Dugger
Shannon Jones

Judy Dugger
Shannon Jones

Douglas Kiger
Kimberly Quach

86216-8 (consolidated w/87259-7)
(C/A 65053-0-I & 65564-7-I)
Petitions for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Petitioner,
     v.
GREGORY PIERCE SHEARER,
          Respondent.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Petitioner,
     v.
HENRY GRISBY, III,
          Respondent.
Hon. David McEachran
  Hilary Thomas

Andrew Zinner


Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  James Whisman

Marla Zink


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 17, 2013

THREE CASES ONLY, ONE IN A.M. - TWO IN P.M.

87844-7 (C/A 40333-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON THE PUBLIC TRIAL ISSUE

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
     v.
KENNETH LANE SLERT,
          Respondent.
Hon. Jonathan Meyer
  Eric Eisenberg
  Sara Beigh/J. Bradley Meagher
Jodi Backlund
  Manek Mistry

THERE WILL BE AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION DRILL FOR ALL STATE BUILDINGS @ 10:10 A.M. FOLLOWING THE 1ST CASE


1:30 P.M.

86072-6 (C/A 63869-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON THE PUBLIC TRIAL ISSUE

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Petitioner,
     v.
JOSEPH NJUGUNA NJONGE,
         Respondent.
Hon. Daniel Satterberg
 Donna Wise

Casey Grannis

80727-2 (consolidated w/86513-2)
(C/A 25043-1-III & 64100-0-I)
Petitions for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON THE PUBLIC TRIAL ISSUE

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Petitioner,
     v.
BRIAN WILLIAM FRAWLEY,
         Respondent.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
     v.
RONALD E. APPLEGATE,
         Petitioner.
Hon. Steven Tucker
  Mark Lindsey

David Gasch


Hon. David McEachran
  Hilary Thomas

Lila Silverstein


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 22, 2013

THREE CASES ONLY - TWO IN A.M. - ONE IN P.M.

88062-0 (King 12-2-19360-6 SEA)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

JAMES KUMAR, RANVEER SINGH, ASEGEDEW GEFE, ABBAS KOSYMOV, individuals, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,
          Appellants,
     v.
GATE GOURMET, INC., a Delaware Corporation,
          Respondent.
Aaron Rocke
  Douglas Davis
Seth Rosenberg

Pamela Salgado
  Rachelle Lee Wills
  S. Shane Sagheb

88118-9 (C/A 40772-8-II)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON (1) WHETHER THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE PETITIONER'S SECOND DEGREE ROBBERY CONVICTION; (2) WHETHER PETITIONER'S COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN NOT ASKING FOR AN INSTRUCTION ON FIRST DEGREE THEFT AS A LESSER OFFENSE; (3) WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S PERSISTENT OFFENDER SENTENCE CONSTITUTES CRUEL OR CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT; AND, (4) WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S PREVIOUS STRIKE OFFENSES SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO A JURY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
     v.
ALVIN L. WITHERSPOON,
         Petitioner.
Hon. Debra Kelly
  Lewis Schrawyer

Jodi Backlund
  Manek Mistry & Skylar Brett


1:30 P.M.

88414-5 (CV-09-251-EFS)
Certified from Federal Court

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

KELLI GRAY and all others similarly situated,
          Plaintiffs,
     v.
SUTTELL & ASSOCIATES, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, MARK T. CASE and JANE DOE CASE, husband and wife; and KAREN HAMMER and JOHN DOE HAMMER,
          Defendants.

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EVA LAUBER, DANE SCOTT, SCOTT BOOLEN, JOEL FINCH, and all others similarly situated,
          Plaintiffs,
     v.
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC., MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, INC., SUTTELL & HAMMER, PS., MARK T. CASE and JANE DOE CASE, husband and wife; MALISA L. GURULE and JOHN DOE GURULE, KAREN HAMMER and ISAAC HAMMER, wife and husband; WILLIAM SUTTELL and JANE DOE SUTTELL, husband and wife,
          Defendants.
Michael Kinkley
Kirk Miller

Bradley Fisher
Carl Hueber
John Munding
Richard Stone
Theodore Seitz/Matthew Segal

Michael Kinkley
Kirk Miller

John Munding
Richard Stone
Theodore Seitz/Matthew Segal


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 24, 2013

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

87424-7 (King 07-2-17203-3, 07-2-15861-8, 07-2-16122-8 & 07-2-23022-0 SEA)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, REBECCA FRANKLIN, DON HEWITT, BRENDA OVERDORFF, and all others similarly situated,
          Respondents/Cross-Appellants,
     v.
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS and STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

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CHERYL COSTELLO, STEPHEN GORE, RICHARD MORVAN, and JERALD NEWELL, on behalf of themselves and a class of persons similarly situated,
          Respondents,
     v.
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS and STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Appellants.

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WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES, PAULETTE THOMPSON and DANA HUFFORD,
          Respondents/Cross-Appellants,
     v.
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS and STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Appellants/Cross-Respondents.
Harriet Strasberg
Donald Clocksin
Edward Younglove, III

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Anne Hall/Sarah Blocki &
  Noah Purcell


Steven Frank
James Oswald


Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Anne Hall/Sarah Blocki &
  Noah Purcell


Edward Younglove, III


Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Anne Hall/Sarah Blocki &
  Noah Purcell
PRO TEM: SIDDOWAY, J.P.T. J.M. JOHNSON, J. RECUSED

88546-0 (Thurston 11-2-02213-4)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, STACIA BILSLAND, KATHLEEN RANEY, and all others similarly situated,
         Respondents,
     v.
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, and STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioners.

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WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES, PAULETTE THOMPSON, BOB KELLER, and all others similarly situated,
          Respondents,
     v.
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, and STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioners.

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RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON, and HOWARD N. JORGENSON, on his own behalf and on behalf of all similarly situated individuals,
          Respondents,
     v.
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, and THE STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioners.
Donald Clocksin
Harriet Strasberg


Timothy Leyh/Randall Thomsen
& Katherine See Kennedy
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Anne Hall/Sarah Blocki
Edward Younglove, III




Timothy Leyh/Randall Thomsen
& Katherine See Kennedy
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Anne Hall/Sarah Blocki
Richard Spoonemore
  Eleanor Hamburger



Timothy Leyh/Randall Thomsen
& Katherine See Kennedy
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Anne Hall/Sarah Blocki
PRO TEM: SIDDOWAY, J.P.T. J.M. JOHNSON, J. RECUSED


1:30 P.M.

88405-6 (C/A 68048-0-I consolidated w/68049-8-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

TOWN OF WOODWAY and SAVE RICHMOND BEACH, INC., a Washington non-profit corporation,
          Petitioners,
     v.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY and BSRE POINT WELLS, LP,
          Respondents.
Wayne Tanaka & Kristin Eick
Aimee Decker

Hon. Mark Roe
  John Moffat/Martin Rollins &
  Matthew Otten
Mark Johnsen/Douglas Luetjen
& Gary Huff


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 29, 2013

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

88115-4 (C/A 67515-0-I - consol. w/67704-7-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

WILLIAM RALPH, individually and WILLIAM FORTH, individually,
          Petitioners,
GUY BAUMAN, individually, EILEEN BAUMAN, individually; LINA STANLEY, individually and as personal representative of Estate of Coral Cotton; ROCHELLE STANLEY, as personal representative of Estate of Coral Cotton; DONALD LEMASTER, individually; and DAVID GIVENS, individually,
          Defendants,
     v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, a Washington State public agency; WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, a Washington corporation; and GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY, a Washington corporation,
          Respondents.
Darrell Cochran/Loren Cochran
& Kevin Hastings





Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Mark Jobson
Louis Peterson/Michael Scott
& Alexander Wu
Kelly Corr/Joshua Preece
& Seann Colgan

88307-6 (C/A 30098-6-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

RODOLFO ANAYA GOMEZ, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christina Palma Anaya,
          Petitioner,
     v.
MARK F. SAUERWEIN, MD, and THE YAKIMA VALLEY FARM WORKER'S CLINIC, a Washington Corporation,
          Respondents.
Richard Johnson
Ian Birk
  Benjamin Gould/Isaac Ruiz &
  Harry Williams, IV
David Thorner
  Megan Murphy
Pamela Okano


1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING

201,241-8 (WSBA #33664)

 

In re: Glenn B. Foster, Attorney at Law.
Glenn Foster
Sachia Stonefeld Powell (WSBA)


1:30 P.M.

85236-7 (C/A 63223-0-I)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON (1) WHETHER PETITIONER'S FLORIDA CONVICTION IS COMPARABLE TO A WASHINGTON "MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE" AND (2) WHETHER PETITIONER'S TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
LEROY A. JONES,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  Ann Summers

Jennifer Sweigert


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

November 12, 2013

TWO CASES ONLY IN A.M.
(3rd Case Previously Scheduled at 1:30 P.M. is to be Considered without Oral Argument)

88513-3
MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT RECORD WITH ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE & MOTION TO RECONSIDER OCTOBER 8, 2013, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE - PASSED TO THE MERITS

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re the Suspension of Professional Guardian
LORI PETERSON

PROFESSIONAL GUARDIAN BOARD,
          Petitioner.
     v.
LORI PETERSEN,
          Respondent.

 


Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Chad Standifer
  Jeffrey Even
Michael Olver

87654-1 1 (consolidated w/88172-3)
Original Action

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of

RUSSELL DUANE McNEIL,
          Petitioner.

------------------------------------------------

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of

HERBERT CHIEF RICE, JR.,
          Petitioner.

 

Lenell Nussbaum
Victoria Lyons
Hon. James Hagarty
  David Trefry
  Pamela Loginsky

Suzanne Lee Elliott
Hon. James Hagarty
 David Trefry
 Pamela Loginsky

 

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